From engineer to computer techie to business owner, web designer & consultant to UX Researcher  a path that has fused in me an interesting combination of technical aptitude, design sense, corporate prudence, cross-functional capacity and user understanding. It's been a trip, and the journey continues!

For those seeking a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Southern California is not the hotspot to think and research HCI. Even though the West Coast is home to Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! and Silicon Valley, this interactive map shows few choices for HCI degrees on the West Coast: Where to Study HCI in the U.S. But I'm proof it can be done  where there's a passion, there's a way!